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W. W. SHALLUS.

GAR DOOR.

H N w Q N WZT/IESSES I I 6 X X I I Afforney A N, PETERS. PMs-LBW, Wnlhington. n. c.

UNITED STATES ArENr FFICE.

WILLIAM W. SHALLUS, OF LANCASTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF- TO HENRY H. KEEN, OF SAME PLACE.

CAR-DOOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 291,411, dated January 1, 1884.

Application filed October 10, 1883. (No model.)

I To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, WILLIAMW. SHALLUs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lancaster, in the county of Lancaster and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gar-Doors, of which the followingis a specification, reference be ing had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to certain improvements in freight-cars; and it has for its object to facilitate the moving of the doors ofthe same, as more fully hereinafter specified.

In the doors of such cars, which are usually constructed to slide in ways or guides at the sides of the cars, during inclement weather the sides of the cars are liable to become coated with ice or sleet, which interferes with the movement of the door; and, again, when the interior of the car is closely packed, the contents have a tendency to bind against the doors and prevent them from being moved.

The object of my invention is to obviate these difficulties, and this I accomplish by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a portion of a car, showing my invention applied thereto; and Fig. 2, a vertical sectional view of the same.

bottom, is provided with brackets G, which are provided with apertures, and set over the rods or guides loosely, so that the door may be moved longitudinally thereon.

The letter H indicates a 1ock-lever fulcrumed to a plate, I, attached to one edge of the door, the said lever being formed with a hooked end, K, which is adapted to take into a slot, L, in a plate, M, secured to the car, and bind the car-door closely to the side of the car and hold it thereto. The long arm of the lek ver is provided with a lateral extension, N, which is slotted, and is adapted to set over the end of a bracket, 1?, which is provided with an aperture, through which the hasp of apadlock or seal-lock may be inserted to secure the v door.

It will be observed that as constructed the guides or bars may be thrown outward from the side of the car, so as to permit the door nal guide-rods, and the door having brackets adapted to slide thereon, substantially as specified.

2. In combination with the door mounted upon movable longitudinal guides E, the locklever H, adapted to bind the doorto its seat and lock it thereto, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM WV. SHALLUS.

Witnesses:

G. A. N EALE, OHAs. D. DAVIS. 

